How to not get rekt on fees while transacting? - find a reliable service which lets you use their established ⚡️ node for a very low fee:

Download Blink – The Everyday Bitcoin Wallet

Blink is Bitcoin Lightning Wallet that provides a reliable and secure way to send and receive bitcoin on chain and with the Lightning Network, with...

- self custody low amounts on Liquid with

SideSwap - Settlement infrastructure of the Liquid Network

The most convenient way to hold, send, receive and swap assets on the Liquid Network, a bitcoin sidechain built for securities issuance and trading.

via swaps on

Boltz | Non-Custodial Bitcoin Bridge

Boltz | Non-Custodial Bitcoin Bridge

Swap between different Bitcoin layers while staying in full control. Fast and non-custodial Lightning / Bitcoin / Liquid / Rootstock swaps.

- peg out to the main chain with a good size utxo @Blink Wallet @Boltz - Non-Custodial Bitcoin Bridge

Great post! What is the best interface to browse and post things for sale on Nostr? Looking to replace Facebook Marketplace.

Remember if you have the means to keep a used computer always online the #Raspiblitz is built to serve your #Bitcoin and #lightning needs. The general build script is working and tested for amd64:

GitHub

raspiblitz/alternative.platforms at dev · raspiblitz/raspiblitz

Get your own Bitcoin & Lightning Node running - on a RaspberryPi with a nice LCD - raspiblitz/raspiblitz

There are prebuilt images which are made to be written on the OS disk directly in the laptop or desktop:

GitHub

raspiblitz/ci/README.md at dev · raspiblitz/raspiblitz

Get your own Bitcoin & Lightning Node running - on a RaspberryPi with a nice LCD - raspiblitz/raspiblitz

Thanks @Warren Togami for spreading the word about the most efficient hardware options:

X (formerly Twitter)

Warren Togami (@wtogami) on X

e.g. Certain models of 2019 Thinkpad or ThinkCentre can use both full sized nvme and SATA drives. These machines can be found for $100-180 dependin...

Got my first Raspberry Pi 5 Running an auto-built #Raspiblitz test image on it already, seems really fast. Swapped the SDcard and the SSD from an RPi4 node. There are no obvious compatibility issues (as expected). If want to test can try the latest image built from the dev branch:

GitHub

raspiblitz/ci at dev · raspiblitz/raspiblitz

Get your own Bitcoin & Lightning Node running - on a RaspberryPi with a nice LCD - raspiblitz/raspiblitz

(most important hint that it needs to be based on the latest RaspberryOS built on Debian12 - the Raspiblitz v1.10 image doesn't work on the RPi5, but the next stable release will!)

Thinking this through once again: #ordisrespector does not seem dangerous knowing that: - bitcoind does not consider the mempool for fee estimation (only the past blocks). - LN implementations and Electrum servers rely on the data from bitcoind. Please correct me if I am wrong.

With these chain fees I am exploring

SideSwap - Settlement infrastructure of the Liquid Network

The most convenient way to hold, send, receive and swap assets on the Liquid Network, a bitcoin sidechain built for securities issuance and trading.

as an intermediate spending wallet. Not as fast as lightning, but way cheaper than onchain and still can swap or peg in or out to / from Liquid in a minute. @Boltz - Non-Custodial Bitcoin Bridge at bol.tz is a perfect companion to add the lightning capability.

Lightning ATM úr is érkezik szóval legyen nálatok apró amit satoshikra válthattok.

Lightning ATM

I am pocket version of 
Find parts for sale on: soon

https://flockstr.s3.amazonaws.com/event/vEySZUIhVrn9KBAuaMnXn

What are the best resources to quickly onboard a bitcoiner to nostr? Thinking about: * best practive for key creation and storage * best clients for a purpose and platform * how to choose relays * NIP-05 (self hosted) * become zappable in a self-sovereign way * best practice to connect a wallet * run a personal relay for backups I know some answers and done most of these myself, but curious what is the current best and someone might have even written it all down already. Please share your knowledge 🙏

Excited for #bh2023 in Riga? So are we! ⚡️Join us for the #RaspiBlitz meetup on August 31st from 6-10 pm! We will host this event with Rootzoll to talk about Bitcoin and Lightning nodes, FOSS and anything related.

Use this app to be on the bitcoin standard:

GitHub

GitHub - Minimalistic-Apps/price-converter: Minimalistic price converter that allows you to convert prices of fiat shitcoins easily. It uses Bitcoin as the base currency.

Minimalistic price converter that allows you to convert prices of fiat shitcoins easily. It uses Bitcoin as the base currency. - Minimalistic-Apps/...

#JoininBox v0.8.0 is released with an improved ability to start a pruned full node within minutes with the help of Ketominer of

h o s t 4 c o i n s

There is a startup and menu option to download the pruned chain and chainstate from https://pruned.host4coins.net/blocks (similar to the now seemingly abandoned

prunednode.today

This domain may be for sale!

) There are other updates for the prebuilt images for RPi, amd64 and now running the latest Bitcoin Core v25.0.

When Nostr - Twitter crossposter? #crossposter

Using https://liquid.boltz.exchange you can balance your channels with a swap to LBTC for 1000ppm or pay LN invoices up to 5million sats from your Liquid stash. With Confidential Transactions (even cross-asset) batching achieves the same as coinjoins, glad to see the usage come. To reliably break the transaction graph would need some peers to batch with maybe like in the JoinMarket Maker-Taker model. With the amounts hidden the coinjoin soduko becomes impossible and the Taker inputs can not be identified even when there are only a few participants.

A reminder for RPi lightning node runners: the cost of the force closure of 10 channels now can buy you a decent used laptop, PC or even a server. Disable all services causing high load and increasing memory usage. Don't let the hardware fail on you, prepare in advance, check here for some advice: https://www.lightningnode.info/hardware-deployment/recommendations

The next batch of the metal cases for the #LNPos (https://github.com/lnbits/LNPos) is now available on the

DIYnodes.com – Bitcoin and Lightning nodes, parts and accessories

shop. The design is updated with easy access to the reset button. There are a good few so batch orders are welcome to save on postage (they are heavy!).